The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerPeace Like a River by Leif EngerThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeFive Quarters of the Orange by Joanne HarrisThe Temple of My Familiar by Alice Walker
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2,032 books — 900 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniLife of Pi by Yann Martel
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78,127 books — 291,228 voters

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor HugoA Suitable Boy by Vikram SethSarum by Edward RutherfurdThe Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav HašekSophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder
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1,875 books — 7,000 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
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32,505 books — 123,687 voters

The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyOscar and Lucinda by Peter CareyIn a Free State by V.S. Naipaul
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69 books — 2,004 voters